[news.eclipse.tools.hyades] Re: Using Hyades for testing

["Marius Slavescu" <slavescu@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ronan,

Here are some quick insights about Hyades Test Component.

Hyades (renamed to TPTP) provides through the Test Component (Platform
Project + Test Project) an initial implementation of the UML2 Testing
Profile (basically a subset of UML2 and U2TP) a set of UI/runtime components
that will help you build and run tests.

We have in our plans the migration of our subset of UML2 to use the Eclipse
UML2 project (http://www.eclipse.org/uml2/), although that will take some
time.

Because of it's relative complexity the Hyades Test model is exposed and
exercised through a set of facade interfaces and utility classes (see
/org.eclipse.hyades.models.common/src/org/eclipse/hyades/models/common/facad
es/behavioral and
/org.eclipse.hyades.models.common/src/org/eclipse/hyades/models/common/facad
es/behavioral/impl packages).

There are several types of tests that you can create/run using the current
support, like Manual, JUnit and HTTP testcases (probably you already tried
some of them). To run the tests you need to create deployment descriptors
and you could also use data pools.

Regarding your need to design them using Objecteering (which also seems to
have some UML2 support, including some profiles), there is no support for
importing other UML2 models, until we base our model on the Eclipse UML2 you
may try to convert the Objecteering model into Hyades Test model yourself
(with help from our side).

I would say that you should try to use Hyades Test Component and if you find
that you need extra features please open Bugzilla reports with details. Also
if you find that you cannot use it at all for your usecases please let us
know.

Although currently we don't model the arbiter and scheduler explicitly there
is a default implementation embedded in the executor (test runner) and the
test implementation.

Please let me know if you need more info also check "Help" -> "TPTP tester
guide" documentation in the latest Hyades driver.

Thanks,
Marius

"Ronan" <ronan.le-corre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:co1h7q$mnd$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello
> I'm trying to know whether I can use Hyades for my project, which
> objective is to generate test code from test design. Actually, I would
> like to design my tests under an outside modeler (Objecteering). My first
> problem is to get them back with Hyades. How can I do that? May I use EMF
> to import class diagram (actually I read that EMF cannot import sequence
> diagram, activity diagram and so on)? But how can I use these classes to
> make testcases and testsuites? I haven't found any tutorials about it, and
> I don't really know whether I can do my job with Hyades.
> Another question is the following :I read that Haydes is based on the UML2
> Testing Profile, does it use all its features (the Scheduler, the
> Arbiter?) and how? How can I describe them? I've never read anything about
> them in "help" or in whitepapers.
> Thank you very much for reading me. I hope having some news to help me.
>
> Ronan Le Corre
>
> P.S : I use Hyades v3.1.0 on Eclipse 3.1.0
>